01-04-2017, 04:19 AM | #21 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Maryland
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Great post above Badhoopty, with the FJ and the XJ comparison. -12 is a big reward for nothing and it feels like the rules committee is made up of a group of lexan haters. I liked your double down idea yesterday. -8 for store bought hardbody, -16 for scratch built makes a lot of sense to me. Wasting breath. The Oracles have spoken and nothing changes after that. Ever. |
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01-04-2017, 06:35 AM | #22 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cincinnati
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I dont think its about hating lexan, I think its about drawing a line somewhere. For the handful of lexan bodies that look super realistic there are far more that dont, its almost impossible to make any rule without a product or two getting caught in the crossfire but this at least encourages more hardbodies and on average hardbodies look much better. Anyone can run one, those points are free for the taking.
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01-04-2017, 06:43 AM | #23 |
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Is there any way a lexan based body can fall under the "hardbody custom" rule? I build with lexan for the ability to control what the main look like when they get scratched. Rust paint under to be exposed when damaged. But my bodies are all sectioned at some/multiple points with full abs/styrene/metal interiors and as the rules read don't count, but a store bought killerbody that weighs less gets 12 more points Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by stevem50; 01-04-2017 at 06:48 AM. |
01-04-2017, 08:32 AM | #24 | |
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It is a lot, and the reason it's been increased over last year is to make it easier to justify running a detailed hard body. It's getting harder and harder to justify running a hard body now days, and we wanted to make sure that it was a viable, competitive option for competitors moving forward. I feel like I say this a lot, but if you aren't happy with things then apply to be on the rules committee when we ask for new members. Every year we remove folks who haven't / can't contribute and add new blood. It's anything but a bunch of dictators. | |
01-04-2017, 08:40 AM | #25 | ||
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1. More weight up high. 2. Fragile. Have to drive better. 3. Better details (more Scale looking) 4. Ridgidity. Won't flex out of the way. Less performance. Dummy 😀 Quote:
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01-04-2017, 08:43 AM | #26 | |
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01-04-2017, 08:49 AM | #27 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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Didn't think so, never have, even though they do meet all the criteria that you cited in your last post. Just taking a shot to see if there was some parity this year.. kind of annoying when my stuff is better built and detailed than an off the shelf China abs Cherokee that gets triple my points Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
01-04-2017, 09:02 AM | #28 |
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ive offered. i dont compete nearly enough to justify being a member, but i definitely have had my nose in the scene for a long time and for sure with my work history could help with helping edit the final draft to be a bit more solid. before the 2017 rules came out and everybody was speculating i asked on the sorrca fb page about wild willy/matt hicks/knight customs figures being considered full, and i got an answer from a sorrca committee person (i forget who) that they were going to be. is that still the case? |
01-04-2017, 09:41 AM | #29 | |
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im over it... but please for the love of god understand that i understand that a hardbody is more scale. | |
01-04-2017, 11:59 AM | #30 | |
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01-04-2017, 01:02 PM | #31 |
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i realize its one of the areas that can be locked down without a boatload of people whining about it. most hardbodys also most definitely restrict some areas where peoples 'creativity' may be influenced by a lexan body of questionable scale spirit. |
01-04-2017, 01:28 PM | #32 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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I have seen some very scale lexan bodied rigs over the years, one in particular was my Wyoming FJ45 which he chopped a FJ40 proline body into the 45 cab and scratch built the bed from styrene. He even fiberglass reinforced the entire cab, so while it was lexan, it has ZERO deflection. However, that body in terms of current times would be extremely dated... I think the upped points is a good thing, its not 10 years ago when we didnt have the options we have now. 2016 dropped a shit ton of hard bodies on us from the Killer bodies lc70, the XJ body, the WJ body, the RC4WD TF2 4 door hilux, those crappy bodies from the guy in canada who did the suburban, 4runners, bronco etc... I can only imagine what 2017 will bring, 3d printing is constantly improving and I have seen quite a few badass bodies already. Last edited by 1BadJeepBruiser; 01-04-2017 at 01:31 PM. |
01-04-2017, 01:51 PM | #33 | |
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Another valid point for encouraging hardbodies! They are very easy to come by these days, and the cost in some cases is only a little more than a lexan body (the china JKs for example are around $60). | |
01-04-2017, 06:29 PM | #34 | |
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Update #1 has occurred! This was accidentally left off during the course of compiling: Quote:
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01-04-2017, 06:30 PM | #35 |
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That solves my problem! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
01-04-2017, 06:41 PM | #36 |
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Bring your micrometers for tech-in!
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01-04-2017, 11:11 PM | #37 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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•*Hardbodies can be injection molded or hand made from styrene or metal.* •*They can also be 3D printed or vacuum formed but must have a finished thickness of .060 with these processes to receive hardbody points. Couple questions..... 1) Injection molded or hand made from styrene or metal.....do these bodies need to be .060 also ? 2) 3d printed or vacu-formed... .060, 100% or are there exceptions for stretching during the process of vacu-forming. I guess what I am askimg if it started as a .060 sheet is that a good enough baseline. |
01-05-2017, 04:03 AM | #38 |
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Plenty of lexan bodies are .060 thick, such as this Pro-line blazer. https://www.prolineracing.com/bodies...-1-10-crawler/ So vacuum formed .060 bodies that are white are worth -12 but vacuum formed .060 bodies that are clear are worth 0. Who's coming up with this crap. |
01-05-2017, 04:45 AM | #39 |
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So is wood an unacceptable hardbody method? You have all seen headquakes builds and I have build one previous body from wood myself. Limiting it to styrene or metal doesn't make any sense to me. I am in the process of beginning a new body build and like to work with wood as a medium because of its ease and strength. I wouldn't want to miss out on scale points because of the material I chose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
01-05-2017, 05:01 AM | #40 |
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Personally I think the medium used should have less to do with the point value than the level of modification and finished product. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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